Find Santa in Chicago
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This website is all about finding Santa Claus in Chicagoland. The Santa Claus Events that you'll find listed here are all across the Chicagoland area and bound to bring joy to everyone's heart. You'll find something for everyone from young children to everyone in the family.
Where to Find Santa Claus in
Chicagoland and Northern Illinois
Discover all the best Santa events in Chicago and Santa sites in one convenient place. Listed are over 1,250 different events in the Chicago area and Northern Illinois where you can find Santa Claus during the 2013 Christmas season. Santa events in Chicago plus over 150 cities, towns and villages around Northern Illinois are included.
Check to see what’s happening in your home town!
While you can find Santa at 24 Northern Illinois and Chicagoland malls, youngsters can also have breakfast, lunch and dinner with the jolly old elf at over 200 different locations. You’ll also find 58 cities and towns that offer ”Santa on the Polar Express” and holiday train trips with Santa, plus more than 70 places where you can get your pets pictures taken with him. Take a look at the Top 10 Santa Events in the Chicago Area, which include popular offerings such as the Santa House and Christkindlmarket at Daly Plaza in Chicago, Santa at Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago, Santa at Navy Pier in Chicago, Santa at the Annual Dickens of a Christmas Celebration in Wheaton and more.
There are plenty of FREE Santa Events in Chicago
Over 150 Chicagoland cities and towns have tree lighting ceremonies and other events that include Santa. Other things to do include “Story Time with Santa and Mrs. Claus”, “Santa Visits with Special Needs Children”, “Santa at the Christmas Tree Farms”, cities, towns and villages with “Santa Houses in Chicagoland and Northern Illinois”, “Santa from Times Past” and last but by no means least, you’ll find “Offbeat, Unusual and Fascinating Santa Events in Chicago”. In addition there is a listing of sites where you can “Hire a Santa” or find “Santa Photographers” and get some free gifts from Santa.